Holding or retaining device.



No. 881,461. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

. s. P. CRAIG, DBCD.

B. D. OBAIG, ADMIHISTRATBIX.

HOLDING 0R RETAINING DEVICE. APPLICATION IILBD 11512.29, 1907.

Q /Ream,

ATTORNEY 5 uNiT D-sTAT s PATENT; OFFICE.

BEATRICE 'DO'ANE CRAIG, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ADMINISTRATRIX F seam Po rT u CRAIG, DECEASED.

To all whom it may concern."v

Be itknown that I, BEATRICE DOANE (Janie, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings,'and

State of New York, am administratrix of the estate of SERI'N POTTER CRAIe, late a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark,in

the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, deceased, .and who did invent certain new and useful Improvementsin Holding orRetaining Devices; andflI do hereby declare .the following to be a full, clear, and exact'description of the invention, such as will en able others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying. drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, whlch form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference to im rove-' ments in fastening orretaining evices whlch are to be used in the'place of buckles and are to be employed for the purposes of connecting various portions of straps or to provide a novel and simply constructed fastening or retainin deviceor element, for the purposes of suita ly and adjustably connecting various parts of a strap together, or

for the purpose of attaching or connecting the strap to another fixture, and to provide a device which may be used in lieuof the usual buckle and tongue, and to'- provide a device which is held in place by frictional or binding engagement with the surfaceortions of the strap or band, without any anger of the device or element slipping from its olding or retaining engagement with relation to the part or parts of the strap with which the device is employed.

tailed description of the present invention.

This invention consists, therefore, in the novel construction of fastening or retaining device hereinafter set forth; and, further- 1 Specification of Letters I atent. Application me'a March-29,1907. Serial No. 365,431.

I HOLDIN'JG on RETAINI G nnvrcn.

Patented March 10, 1908;

' more, the invention consists in the various,

arrangements and. combinations of parts, as

well as in the details'of the construction of. the same, all of which will be more fully described in the accompanying specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims which are ap ended'to and which form anessential part of this specification.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 'Flgure '1 1s a plan view of two portions of a strap or band provided with two forms of fastening or retaining devices or elements embodying the principles of this invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of the parts shown in said Fig. 1'; and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal vertical section of'the same. Figs. 4 and'5 are plan views of the two forms of devices shown in said Figs. 1, 2 and 3, said views bein made on an enlarged scale.

%imilar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views,

to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5Iinclusive, the reference-character 1 indicates a suitable strap, band, or the like, and 2 and 3 are two forms of connectingfastening or retaining devices or elements made according to the principles of the present invention,

The above. mentioned fastener or retalning device or element2 is usually and preferably made from suitable wire, and said device com rlses an' end-member or shank 4 from whic projects a laterally extendin endpiece or member 5 to which is connecte alongitudinally extending side- 1ece or member 6. Connected with this si' e-piece or mem her 6 is a laterally extending center-plece or member 7, to which connected by means of a longitudinally extending slde-plece or member 8, another laterally extending centerpiece or memberQ. Projecting from the end-portion of said center piece or member 9 is another longitudinally extend- "ing side-piece or member 10, with whichfiis connected a laterally extending end-piece or.

member 11 formed u onits free end with an inwardly and longitu inally extending shank Other objects of this invention not at this time more especially mentioned will be clearly understood from the following de- 12. In this manner, a fastenin or retaining device or element2has been pro need which is provided with the three loop-sha ed portions or receiving members 13, 14 an 15, and 'in which the various parts of the'stra or band 1 may be arranged and secured su stantially' in the manner-illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 tening or retaining -bers 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28.

35 in Fig. 3.

10 disposed and laterally extendin end-pieces 18 and 19, and a series of latera y extending center ieces or members 20, 21, 22, and 23, the varlous laterally extending members being alternately connected at the opposite es of the device, by means of a series of longitudinally extending side ieces or memfn this manner the fastening or retaining device 3 is produced, thesam e being formed with the re- 20 spective receiving members or loop-shaped portions 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, in which the opposite end-portions of the band or strap 1 may be arranged, substantially in the manner to be presently described. Having thus in a general manner described the two fastening or retainin devices shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, I w now set forth the manner of attaching the same to the various portions of the strap orband. The end- I portion 34 of the strap or band is made with a slit or opening 35 by means of which the endportion can be slip ed over the shank 4 and the members 5 and 6, so as to be arranged upon the member 7, substantially as shown A loop 36 is then formed at the end of the strap or band and the portion 37 ofthe strap or band is passed beneath the piece or member 5, and'm an upward direction into and through the receiving portion 40 13, then overthe piece or member 7 and the portion of the strap secured on said member, own through the receiving portion 14 and around the laterally extending piece or member 9, being finally passed man upward direction into and through the receiving portion 15, so that the parts will be arranged in the relative positions shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, to provide a 100 ed end for ,the strap or band 1 with which't e device or .50 element 2 is positively, and at the same time adjustably connected, so that the looped end may be made larger or smaller, as will be clearly evident.

To attach the fastener or retaining device 3 155 to the opposite end-portion 37 of the strap or band 1, said end-portion is made with a slit I or opening 38, as shown'in Fig. 3- of the drawings, which is passed over the shank 17 and the pieces or members 19, 28, 23 and 27,

being formed with a looped portion 40'which is then passed in an upward direction into and through the receiving portion 31, and

' over and around the piece ormember 21, the

strap or band-portion being passed in a down ward direction through a receiving portion 30, as at 41, and then laid in the form of a loop 42 about the previously mentioned looped portion 40. At 43 the band or strap portion is turned in an upward direction and passed through the receiving opening 33, a part 44 being formed which turns in a downward direction at 45 into and through the receivirig portion 30, and is then arranged upon the lower surface of the piece or member 20, from which it passes in an upward direction through the receiving portion 29 and over the end-piece or member 18, as clearly illus trated in said Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings. In this manner the fastening or retaining device is securely held in its adjustable relation with the doubled looped end-portion of the strap or band as will be clearly evident, and a pair of devices or elements 2 and 3 have been provided which are of great utility and bonefit in harness construction, especially for the purposes of providing shaft tugs with the usual looped end-portions, or for producing other looped portions of the various straps or bands used in the construction of harness, or garment or hose supporters. 4

From the foregoing description of' the present invention, it will be clearly seen that a simple construction of holding or retaining device or element usually and preferably made from wire has been produced, which may be used in connection with the straps or bands of the various kinds, no -matter for what use they are intended, the holding or coupling or connecting devices or elements being easily secured in position, without having to be sewed on or riveted fast, and the devices, being held by their, frictional contact with the faces of the strap or band, and being especially adapted for use in the various arrangements of the straps or bands employed in the construction of harness.

I claim:

- 1., A fastening or retaining device for straps and the like, consisting of a frame-like structure comprised of laterally extending members, alternately connected with longiw tudinally extending side-members, all arranged to provide a series of loop-shaped re- I ceiving portions in which parts of a strap are adapted to be inserted and arranged in frictional engagement with the laterally extend,- ing members, and a longitudinally extending shank at one end of said irame-like structure v 5 upon the member or piece 22, substantially 60'. being finally arranged in its held position for the insertion in an opening formed in the end-portion of the strap, whereby said endas'indicated. The portion 39 of thestrap'or portion of the strap may he slid upon one of \r band is then passed over the pieceor member said laterally extending members, substan- 23 in a downward direction into and through tially as and for the purposes set forth.

I 65 the receiving portion 33, the strap or band 2. Afasteningor retaining device forstraps 1 and" the like, consisting of a frame-like struc ture comprised of laterally extending members, alternately connected with longitudinally extending side-members, all arranged to provide a series of loop-shaped receiving portions inwhich parts of a strap are adapted to be inserted and arrangedinfrictionalengagement with the laterally extending members, and a I longitudinally extending shank at each-end .of said frame-like structure for the insertion of one of said shanks in an opening formed in the end-portion of the strap, whereby said end-portion of the strap may be slid upon one of said laterally extending members, substantially as and for the purposes set-forth; 3. A fastening or retainin device for straps and the like, consisting o a frame+like structure made of wire, said structure coinprising a pair of end-members, a series of intermediately arranged and laterally extending members, a series of longitudinally extending side-members, and an inwardly extending shank at the free end of each sidemember, substantially as and for the pur 1 poses's'et forth. 7

In testimony, that I'claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set 'my hand 

